Labeling-machine.



PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907.

w. RUPRIGH. LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYB, 1906.

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By his Attorney InventorwRiz nrich.

Witnesses #f No. 864,920. PATENTED SEPT. a, 1907.

w. RfIPRIGH. LABELING MACHINE.

vAPPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1906.

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' UNITED STATES WILLY RllPRIOH, OF DRESDEN-TRAOHAU, GERMANY.

LABELING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters' l atent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed July 6, 1906. Serial No. 324,990.

. those positions in which they are provided with adhesive material, are presented with the label, and are led over the object to be labeled, after which a gripdevice or pusher descending from above presses the label through the open portion or perforationof the carrier or picker through on to the object to be labeled.

According to the present invention afimachine of this type is so arranged that the label-carriers or pickrequired positions.

ers are fastened on an endless band, chain, or the like fed forwards step by step over rollers and said carriers or pickers are in this manner brought into the various It may be remarked that it has also previously been proposed to use an endless band for carrying the label from the label-holder to the object to be labeled, upon which band the labels are directly pasted in order subsequently to be wiped off again. i

In the case of a machine according to the present invention the rollers carrying the band or the chain are so moved that each label carrier or picker arrives one after the other into the various positions into which it is intended that each carrier shallpass in accordance with the method of operation of the machine. Each carrier or picker consequently first passes a pasting device, then arrives at the label-holder by means of which a label is presented to or pressed upon it, and is then led over the object to be labeled where the gripdevice or pusher comes into action. In frontof said pusher a printing device may be added in a manner well known in itself for the purpose of impressing the date on the label.

The objects to be labeled are conveyed upon a suitable transport device at right angles to the direction of motion of the endless band, said transport device moving step by step through said band and under the upper member of the same at the place where the label is to be applied to the object in question. The machine can be easily so constructed that several labels at various heights-can be applied to the bottles or other objects simultaneously ina manner well known in itself. Also a device can be arranged in the simplest manner for coatingthe whole surface of the label 1 with adhesive material instead of coating only the edges as is generally the casein such machines having openor perforated carriers.

A machine according to the present invention requires driving gear by means of which the band with the label pickers is advanced step by step, by means of which and in step therewith the bottle or other object to be labeled is advanced under the band and finally by means of which at each stop on the one hand the label-picker is moved, and on the other hand the pusher or grip-device transferring the label from the picker on to the object to be labeled is also moved. Such a driving gear which possesses in addition the property that the machine stops automatically as soon as a bottle or the like is not brought into the proper position is according to the present invention so arranged that the driving shaft is connected with the. driven shaft through a friction-coupling which is put out of gear by a spring or the equivalent if a special coupling lever is not so set that it opposes the spring or the equivalent. This lever is set in the geared-in position automatically on inserting the object to be labeled in the feed-channel in which the object is fed forwards, this being effected by the object, for example the bottle, on being inserted in the channel moving aside the end of the lever. If at the place in question a bottle is not inserted the lever moves under the infiuence of the force of the spring acting upon it into that position in which the friction-coupling can be put out of gear and the machine comes to a standstill.

By means of the shaft which is set in rotation on the friction-coupling being put into gear in the first place the gear driving the grip-device or pusher and that driving the label-holder are actuated. The power is transmitted directly, for example through spur-wheels, so that 'the pusher and the label-picker move or stop exactly in agreement with the shaft driven from the friction-coupling. The driving-gear for the transportdevice for the bottles and the driving-gear for the .rollers over which the endless band runs is derived from the driving-gear for the pusher and the label-carrier. The motion is so transmitted that only during the first half of the movement of the label-picker and of .the pusher do the transport-device and the band participate therein, whereas they stand still during the second half of the movement in order so to keep proper time. p

The present invention is illustrated in several embodiments in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a part sectionaldiagrammatic side elevation of one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan of another embodiment of the invention. Figs. 3 & 4 are a detail sectional elevation and plan respectively of the label-carrier or picker oi the form shown in Figs. 1 & 2. Figs. 5 & 6 are an end elevation and plan respectively of another form of. label-carrier or picker. I Figs. 7 & 8 are a diagrammatic elevation'and part sectional plan respectively illustrating one form of the driving mechanism. Figs. 9 & 10, & 11 illustrate details hereinafter described.

Upon an endless chain or band 1 which runs round the chain-wheels or rollers 2 & 3 the label-carriers or pickers are fastened in the form represented, four of these being provided. The label-carriers or pickers shown in Figs. 2 & 3 and illustrated in detail in'Figs. 3 & 4 consist of a frame 5 with an opening or perforation 6. They are so fastened on the band that the surface of the frame provided with the opening passes lightly over a paste-roller 7 when the band is advanced so that said surface is provided with paste or other adhesive material. This is effected in the position indicated by I.

Immediately thereafter the label-carrier passes to the position 11 in which it stops a moment in order to receive a label. This is efiected'in a well-known manner by means of a device which consists essentially of a holder 8 with a piston-9 which is pressed inwards by means of a spring or weight. Above the piston is the store ofv labels and under the latter is a device, for example a cam 10, which at the required moment raises the holder to such a height that the uppermost label adheres to the label-carrier provided with paste and remains adhering to the latter when the holder is lowered the moment afterwards. The band is now once more driven onwards and arrives in the position III where by means of a suitable device the lever 11 with the printing stamp or block 12 impresses the date. It is obvious that the presence of this printing device which in itself is well known is not a necessary part of the present invention but can be dispensed with if it does not appear desirable to print the date.

From'the position III the label-carrier finally arrivcs at the position IV. Here is situated a forkshaped pusher or grip-device 13 arranged in a manner which in itself is well known, which pusher as soon as the label-carrier has stopped in the position IV moves downwards. In the drawing this downward movement is communicated by means of the crank-disk 14 provided with the crank-pin 15 which operates against a spring or the equivalent acting on the pusher. The pusher on descending presses against the label lying on the carrier engaging said label at the place Where the opening 6 is provided in the label-carrier and presses the label through said opening in said label-carrier.

Under the band in the position IV the bottles, tins and the like 17 to be labeled are advanced in a support in the form of a channel 16 step by step at right angles to the direction of motion of the band. Said bottles and the likemay be fed forwards in a well-known manner by means of an endless chain 18'Inoving in the channel or under the same and provided with a number of projections 19 which engage and push forwards the bottles or the like. The label pressed downwards through the carrier by means of the pusher comes on to the bottle which is at the time situated in the position IV under the label-carried the forks of the pusher spread out and wipe the label on the bottle in order to press it firmly against the same. The pusher then r'isesonce more, the bottle advances in order to leave room for the next bottle and the label'carrier is advanced so that the cycle of events commences once more. I

It-is obviousthat the construction of the machine may be such that upon one and the same band not only four label-carriers but several of them are arranged.

In Figs.- 5 & 6 a somewhat modified construction of the label-carrier is represented. According to this construction the same consists of two pivoted flaps 20 which are mounted near to one another and which on account of being acted upon by springs or the like 3.1- ways tend to return again into the position shown after they have been rotated out of the same. If the pusher moves downwards (i. e. if it moves towards the right in Figs. 5 & 6) towards thepart between the two flaps the latter yield and permit the pusher to pass through so that said pusher pushes the label indicated by the reference numeral 21 on to the bottle. After the return of the pusher the flaps also return back into their position of rest. It is one of the natural properties of the label-carrier here employed that the label is provided with adhesive material only at its edge while that part of the label which corresponds to the opening 6 of the label-carrier or with the space between the two flaps 20 (Figs. 5 & 6) remains uncoated with ad-- hesive material. Ingeneral this is by no means a d is-' advantage asthe subsequent removal of the label is facilitated in a desirable manner. If however the whole surface of the label is to be provided with adhesive material this can be very simply effected by the following arrangement: Upon the axle of the roller 2 where the label-carrier arrives after the adherence thereto of the. label one or more projections, teeth or stamps 22 is or are arranged which turn with the roller;

i. e. with the-band. The stamps are so placed that each time as soon as a label-carrier arrives at the roller they come into engagement with the carrier to a certain extent in such a way that they enter from below upwards into the opening 6 of the label-carrier and follow the movement of the same round the roller. They are previously coated with adhesive material by means of paste-rollers 23, 24 so that when they enter frombelow upwards into the opening 6 they coat with adhesive material the surface of the label lying overthis opening.

' In Fig. 2 it is shown in what a simple way the ma;

chine can be constructed in order that two labels placed one above the' other may be simultaneously applied to bottles or the like. For this purpose inaddition to the label-carrier 4 a second series of carriers 4 is arranged upon the band 1, for which series a/special pusher must of course be provided, the manner of working of which however is exactly the same as that described above.

Referring to Figs: 7 to 11 thedriving-pulley 101 is provided with a friction-coupling 102 which is held out of gear by means of the spring-actuated lever 103 when -1] 5 it is not put into gear against the action of thespring. acting on said lever. The coupling is put into-gear, by means of the lever 104 which is provided with the oblique surface 105 influencing the coupling as soon as the upper end ofthis lever (Fig. 8) is moved to the 12 right or the lower end to the'left against the action of the spring 106. This displacement of the lower end of the lever 104 to the left takes place however as soon asfone of the objects to be labeled, for example a botle'107 in dicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7, is placed on the chain 1 109 at the place determined for the same in the feedchamber 108 and thereby the end 110 of the lever proj ecting' into said channel is pressed aside. It will thus be borne in mind that as soon as a bottle has beenplaced in the position determined for the same, the end of the '130 7 several parts 01' the machine are driven.

lever is pushed aside and thereby the friction-coupling 113. The lever 104 lies in this recess when it is in the out-of-gear position while drawn back by the spring 106. Said lever thus locks the shaft 111. When the shaft is set moving after the lever has swung out of engageinent with the recess 113 the lever is lifted on the circumference of the disk 112 and is thereby kept in that position in which the friction-coupling is in gear even when in consequence of the advance forward of the bottle lying in the channel the end 110 of the lever is no longer kept pressed aside. The friction-coupling consequently remains in gear until the shaft 111 has completed one revolution and the recess 113 in the disk' 112 coincides again with the lever. If at this moment the end 110 of the lever becomes free, that is, if there is no bottle in that part of the channel in question the coupling is immediately uncoupled and the shaft 111 stops immediately on account of the lever 104 engaging in the recess 113 under the action of the spring 106. The shaft 111 consequently does not stop gradually but is braked immediately.

From the shaftlll the various driving gears for the In the case of the construction shown this is effected by means of a toothed wheel 114 which engages with a toothed wheel 115 keyed upon the sleeve 116. This sleeve is loose and consequently adapted to rotate freely on the shaft 117. Said sleeve is provided with a pulley 118 which drives the crank-disk 121 by means of a belt 119 and a pulley 120. A vpitman or the like is driven from said crank-disk 121. Said pitman which is indicated by a dotted line 122 operates the pusher 123 and also the label-holder which is not shown on thedrawing.

At each complete revolution of the sleeve 116 the crank-disk 121 consequently also makes a complete revolution and on the one hand the pusher 123 is thereby forced through the opening in the label-carrier 124 against the bottle in order to cause the label to adhere to the latter, said pusher being then raised again, and on the other hand the label-holder is pressed against the label-carrier 124 situated in the lower position in order to supply the latter with a label, said label-holder being then lowered again. y

The driving gear of the machine must be so arranged that in the first place the band is moved intosuch a position that one label-carrier comes over the bottle and another over the label-holder, and that at the same time a bottle is brought into the correct position. Then however the band and also the bottle must be brought to a standstill in order that the label-holder and the pusher may be able to complete their motion which they may already previously have begun, that is in order that a label may be fastened on the lower labelcarrier and that the label on the upper label-carrier may be taken from the latter and be applied against the bottle by the pusher. The pusher and label-h older must then be removed from the label-carriers until which the band and the transport device for the bottle cannot be set in motion again for the purpose of bringing fresh label-carriers into the upper and lower posi- The whole arrangement of the gearing is however suitably such that only the band and the transport device move intermittently while the label-holder and pusher move continuously. This is effected by connecting the driving gear for the band and the transport chain with the sleeve 116 in the following manner: upon the sleeve 116 a disk 125 (Figs. 10 and 11) is mounted in addition to the parts already mentioned. By means of radial arms 126 or by any other suitable means a pawl 127 is mounted which extends laterally and is pressed by a spring 128 against the periphery of a disk 129. The latter is keyed firmly upon the shaft 117 At two diametrically opppsite parts it is provided with ratchet 'teeth 130, 130, which are indicated in dotted lines in Fig.10. In proximity to the periphery of the disk 125' a stop or abutment 131 provided suitably with a roller is arranged against which the end 132 of the pawl 127 strikes when the disk 125 rotates. On this taking place the pawl is raised out of the ratchet-tooth 130 so that the disk 129 remains stationary. The arrangement consequently produces the effect that on the rotation of the disk 125 the 'disk 129 is driven by the pawl as soon as the latter engages with the next ratchet-tooth 130. The disk 129 then follows the motion of the disk 125 until the end 132 of the pawl strikes against the abutmnet 131, that is for the space of half a revolution. The pawl is then raised and the disk 129'stops while the disk 125 turns on until it has completed another half revolution. The pawl 127 then engages with the next tooth 130 of the disk 129 and drives the latter once more through half a revolution after which the detent is disengaged again and the disk 129 once more remains stationary during half a revolution of the disk 125.

The disk 129 as already remarked is keyed upon the shaft 117 This shaft drives the roller 133 directly and also the transport-chain 109 through the toothed wheels 134, 135, 136. Said roller 133 and transport-chain 109 consequently participate in the motion during the first half of the revolution of the sleeve 116 and the effect of this is that during this space of time one labelholder is led into the upper and another into the lower position (124, 124 in Fig. 7) and at the same time a bottle is brought under the upper label-carrier. The band and the chain then remain stationary during the second half of the revolution of the sleeve 116, consequently while the label-holder and pusher complete their movement, the label-carriers remain at rest and are not moved on further until the pusher and label holder have returned into their initial position.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating labebholder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, and-means for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein.

2. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a reciprocating lahel-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label pickers on said carrier, a supp ort for the objects to be labeled, a printing device, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each tiOn and a fresh bottle under the upper label-carrier. l label-picker in turn first into a position immediately 0pmoving the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein.

/ 3. in a labeling machine of the. type described, the

combination of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, a support for the objects to be labeled. a date-stamp, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately op posite said reciprocating label-holder then opposite said date-stamp and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on thelr'way to said label-liolder,,means for operating the date-stamp to print a date on the label in the labelpicker opposite said stamp. and means for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein.

4. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination. of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, each of said label-pickers having a surface adapted to be pasted and adapted not to coincide with the surface of the labels, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each labelpicker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holde'r, separate means for applying on their way from said label-holders adhesive material to those portions of the pasted sides of the labels on the pickers which are not in contact with the pasted surface of the pickers, and means for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein.

5. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, each of said label-pickers being substantially in the form of a plate provided with an opening, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier .to bring each label-picker in turn tirst into a posi tion immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for sup plying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way tosaid label-holder, and means for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein. i

'6. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, each of said label'pickers having a surface which is adapted to be pasted and which is of such a shape that it does not coincide with the surface of the labels presented to it, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said sup-v carrier, two rollers round which said endless carrier passes,

a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, each of said label-pickers being substantially in the form of a plate provided with an opening, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently movingsaid carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position imme-' diately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, a pasting stamp on one of the rollers carrying the endless band adapted while a picker is passing round the roller to engage with and apply adhesive material to that portion of the pasted side of the label which coincides with the opening in the picker, and means for removing the label'from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein.

8. In a labeling machine of the type described. the combination of a reciprocating label-holder, aflcxibie endless carrier. a plurality of/label-pickers on said carrier. each of said labebpickers having a surface which is adapted to be pasted and which is of such a shape that it does not coincide with the surface. of the labels presented to it, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, and a reciprocative pusher adapted to engage the label on the picker opposite the supwith the pasted surface of the picker and adapted to push said label off the picker and on to the object in said support.

9. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a plurality of reciprocating label-holders, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, said label-pickers being arranged in pairs, the members forming one pair being placed side by side, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each. label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite one of said reciprocating label-holders and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holders, and means for removing the labels from the. label-pickers opposite the support and applying them to the object therein.

10. In a labeling machine of the type described, the com-- bination of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, a suppbrt. for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, means for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and apply ing it to the object therein, and means for intermittently feeding the objects to be labeled forward through the loop formed by the endless carrier in a direction at right angles to that of the motion of said endless carrier.

11. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a reciprocating label-holder, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into 'a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, means 'for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and apply ing it to the object therein, and means'for intermittently feeding the objects to be labeled forward through the loop formed by the endless carrier in a direction at right angles to that of the motion of said endless carrier and in time with the intermittent motion of the same.

12. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a label-holder, means for reciprocating the same, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately oppo site said reciprocating label holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, a pusher for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the'object therein, means for reciprocating said pusher, means for intermittently feeding forward the objects to be labeled, said means for reciprocating the label-holder being in operative connection with said means for reciprocating the pusher and forming together continuously moving gear, and said means for intermittently moving the carrier being in operative connection with said means for intermittently feeding forward the objects to be labeled and forming together inter mittently moving gear, means for driving said continuously moving gear and means operatively interconnecting said continuously moving gear with said intermittently moving gear and adapted intermittently to drive the latter from the former.

13. In a labeling machine of the type described, the combination of a label-holder, means for reciprocating the same, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of labeLpickers on said carrier, asupport for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, a pusher for removing the label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein, means fol-reciprocating said pusher, means for intermittently feeding forward the objects to be labeled, said means for reciprocating the label-holder being in operative con nection with said means for reciprocating the pusher and forming together continuously moving gear, and said means for intermittently moving the carrier being in operative connection with said means for intermittently feeding forward the objects to be labeled and forming together intermittently moving gear, means for driving said continuously moving gear and pawl and ratchet-tooth connection operatively interconnecting said continuously moving gear with said intermittently moving\gear and an abutment for releasing the pawl from the ratchet-teeth at I instants when the intermittently moving gear is to stop.

14. In a labeling machine of the type described the combination of a label-holder, means for reciprocating the same, a'flexible endless carrier, a plurality of labelpickers on said carrier, a support for the objects to be labeled,'means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and sub sequently opposite said support, means forsupplying adhesive material to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, a pusher for removing the. label from the label-picker opposite the support and applying it to the object therein, means for reciprocating said pusher, means for intermittently feeding forward the objects to be labeled, said means for reciprocating the label-holder being in operative connection with said means for reciprocating the pusher and forming together continuously moving gear, and said means for intermittently moving the carrier being in operative connection with said means for intermittentiy feeding forward the objects to be labeled and forming together intermittently moving gear, means for driving said continuously moving gear, means operatively interconnecting said continuously moving gear with said intermittently moving gear and adapted intermittently to drive the latter from the former, a disengageable coupling between said means for driving the continuously moving gear and' the latter, and means tending during normal running to disengage, said coupling and having a springactuated member projecting into the path of the objects to be labeled and adapted to be held in such a position by the latter when in their correct positions that said means cannot disengage the coupling.

15. In a labeling machine of the type described the combination of a labelholder, means for reciprocating the same, a flexible endless carrier, a plurality of label-pickers on said carrier, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for intermittently moving said carrier-to bring each label-picker in turn first into a position immediately opposite said reciprocating label-holder and subsequently opposite said support, means for supplying adhesive mate rial to the label-pickers on their way to said label-holder, a pusher for removing the label from the label-picker op friction-coupling between the former shaft and the second shaft, a disk having a recess at its circumierencemounted on said second shaft, andaneans for transmitting motion from said second shaft to said continuously 'movinggear, means operatively interconnecting said continuously moving gear with said intermittently moving gear and adapted intermittently to drive the latter from the former, a spring pressed lever tending during normal running to disengage the coupling and projecting into the path of the objects to be labeled and adapted to be held in such'a position by the latter when in'their cor rect positions that it cannot disengage thecoupling and adapted when the objects are incorrectly situated to bear against the circumference of the above-mentioned disk and 16; In a labeling machine, the combination of label supply means, a flexible label carrier having openings therethrough a support for the objects to be labeled, means for moving said carrier to place it in position to receive a label from said supply means and then into position to have the label applied to the object, means for supplying adhesive material, and means for passing the label through the carrier and applying it to the object to be labeled.

17. In a labeling machine, the combination of label supply means, a flexible label carrier having openings therethrough, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for moving said carrier to place it in position to receive a label from said supply means and then into position to have the label applied to the object, means for supplying adhesive material, means for passing the label through the carrier and applying it to the object to be labeled, and means for printing said label while on the carrier. 7 I

18. In a labeling machine, the combination of label supply means, an endless flexible label carrier, means for feeding the articles to be labeled into position,.means for intermittently moving said carrier to bring it in position to receive a label from said supply means and then into position to have the label applied to the object, means for supplying adhesive material to the carrier on its way to the label supply means, and means for pushing the label through the carrier and applying it to the object to be labeled.

19. In a labeling machine, the combination or label supply means, a flexible label carrier having openings therethrough, a support for the objects to be labeled, means for moving said carrier to place it in position to receive a label and then into position to have the label applied to the object, means for supplying adhesive material, and means for passing the label through the carrier and applying it to the object to be labeled. I v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence or the two subscribing witnesses. Y

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